The Light of Exile

Jessie E. Sampter 1883 (New York City) – 1938 (Kibbutz Givat Brenner)



Tell me, what is Exile’s light?
Is it candles burning bright,
Little candles in the night?

Exile’s light is this old man.
Ere the morning he began
Israel’s holy page to scan.

And he teaches from this page
Israel’s law in every age:
Exile’s light is Israel’s sage.
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Submitted by naama on July 13, 2020

Modified on March 18, 2023

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Scheme AAA BBB CCC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 267
Words 48
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3

Jessie E. Sampter

Educator, Poet. Language. English, Hebrew. Jessie Sampter (March 22, 1883 - 1938) was a Jewish educator, poet, and Zionist pioneer. She was born in New York City and immigrated to Palestine in 1919. more…

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